Global climate change is perhaps the most pressing and important problem currently facing humanity. It is also unique by virtue of being a truly systemic problem of vast complexity: it affects every one of us, and is directly affected by every one of our actions. Like nothing else, dealing with climate change calls upon us [...]

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Ever thought you can’t combine a serious topic like climate change and biodiversity with beautiful design? Here’s the proof you can!
Good 50×70 called out a poster design contest on climate change. Click here to watch the results…

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Lovely concept, great design.
‘This is SCHOOL’  is a t-shirt that’s a counterpoint to all the negative sentiment the Beijing Olympics has been stirring up.  And it is also a reminder that the Olympics is all about UNITY, which the shirt shows by featuring every single competing nation in a yummy word track.
Read more at SCHOOL…

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“The majority of the world’s designers focus all their efforts on developing products and services exclusively for the richest 10% of the world’s customers. Nothing less than a revolution in design is needed to reach the other 90%.”
—Dr. Paul Polak, International Development Enterprises
A great exhibition on view in the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, [...]

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Here’s another great website which shows you the ‘virtual amount of water’ used to produce certain foods. Check it out.

Theory behind the concept of »virtual water content«
[excerpt from waterfootprint.org]
Virtual water content – The virtual-water content of a product (a commodity, good or service) is the volume of freshwater used to produce the product, measured at [...]

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